William was born in Ashe County, North Carolina and was the fourth generation of Lewises to live in Ashe County. His great grandfather and paternal grandfather emigrated there from Wales in 1740.
William was the oldest of 8 children born to his parents between 1797 and 1815. In 1810 the family moved to eastern Kentucky. It is likely they took the Cumberland Gap through the Appalachian Mountains to get to Kentucky.
In 1816 at the age of 18, William married Hannah Louise Snethen. William and Hannah had 13 children between 1816 and 1840. They included John, Ezekiel, Mary, James, Phoebe, Sarah, Margaret, Elizabeth, Susan, Jesse, Nancy, Martin and Daniel. In the early 1840s the Lewis family left Kentucky on Middle Fork of the Kentucky River on log rafts. They followed the rivers to Platte County, Missouri. William and Hannah and some of their children came to Oregon by ox drawn wagon in a wagon train in 1853 arriving in Polk County, Oregon, on September 28. Their first claim (#5088) was within feet of the Willamette River near the town of Buena Vista.
His obituary that ran in the Pacific Christian Advocate newspaper, dated April 7, 1881, stated that William was buried in a cemetery near the Methodist Church in the Monroe/Alpine area. The Alpine (Simpson Chapel) Cemetery would have been a likely location. If they have a tombstone, it has not yet been found. In his obituary, it also states that his grandmother (Mary Polly Couch) was the sister of the celebrated Daniel Boone, but no other documentation has been found.
William was the oldest of 8 children born to his parents between 1797 and 1815. In 1810 the family moved to eastern Kentucky. It is likely they took the Cumberland Gap through the Appalachian Mountains to get to Kentucky.
In 1816 at the age of 18, William married Hannah Louise Snethen. William and Hannah had 13 children between 1816 and 1840. They included John, Ezekiel, Mary, James, Phoebe, Sarah, Margaret, Elizabeth, Susan, Jesse, Nancy, Martin and Daniel. In the early 1840s the Lewis family left Kentucky on Middle Fork of the Kentucky River on log rafts. They followed the rivers to Platte County, Missouri. William and Hannah and some of their children came to Oregon by ox drawn wagon in a wagon train in 1853 arriving in Polk County, Oregon, on September 28. Their first claim (#5088) was within feet of the Willamette River near the town of Buena Vista.
His obituary that ran in the Pacific Christian Advocate newspaper, dated April 7, 1881, stated that William was buried in a cemetery near the Methodist Church in the Monroe/Alpine area. The Alpine (Simpson Chapel) Cemetery would have been a likely location. If they have a tombstone, it has not yet been found. In his obituary, it also states that his grandmother (Mary Polly Couch) was the sister of the celebrated Daniel Boone, but no other documentation has been found.
William was born in Ashe County, North Carolina and was the fourth generation of Lewises to live in Ashe County. His great grandfather and paternal grandfather emigrated there from Wales in 1740.
William was the oldest of 8 children born to his parents between 1797 and 1815. In 1810 the family moved to eastern Kentucky. It is likely they took the Cumberland Gap through the Appalachian Mountains to get to Kentucky.
In 1816 at the age of 18, William married Hannah Louise Snethen. William and Hannah had 13 children between 1816 and 1840. They included John, Ezekiel, Mary, James, Phoebe, Sarah, Margaret, Elizabeth, Susan, Jesse, Nancy, Martin and Daniel. In the early 1840s the Lewis family left Kentucky on Middle Fork of the Kentucky River on log rafts. They followed the rivers to Platte County, Missouri. William and Hannah and some of their children came to Oregon by ox drawn wagon in a wagon train in 1853 arriving in Polk County, Oregon, on September 28. Their first claim (#5088) was within feet of the Willamette River near the town of Buena Vista.
His obituary that ran in the Pacific Christian Advocate newspaper, dated April 7, 1881, stated that William was buried in a cemetery near the Methodist Church in the Monroe/Alpine area. The Alpine (Simpson Chapel) Cemetery would have been a likely location. If they have a tombstone, it has not yet been found. In his obituary, it also states that his grandmother (Mary Polly Couch) was the sister of the celebrated Daniel Boone, but no other documentation has been found.
William was the oldest of 8 children born to his parents between 1797 and 1815. In 1810 the family moved to eastern Kentucky. It is likely they took the Cumberland Gap through the Appalachian Mountains to get to Kentucky.
In 1816 at the age of 18, William married Hannah Louise Snethen. William and Hannah had 13 children between 1816 and 1840. They included John, Ezekiel, Mary, James, Phoebe, Sarah, Margaret, Elizabeth, Susan, Jesse, Nancy, Martin and Daniel. In the early 1840s the Lewis family left Kentucky on Middle Fork of the Kentucky River on log rafts. They followed the rivers to Platte County, Missouri. William and Hannah and some of their children came to Oregon by ox drawn wagon in a wagon train in 1853 arriving in Polk County, Oregon, on September 28. Their first claim (#5088) was within feet of the Willamette River near the town of Buena Vista.
His obituary that ran in the Pacific Christian Advocate newspaper, dated April 7, 1881, stated that William was buried in a cemetery near the Methodist Church in the Monroe/Alpine area. The Alpine (Simpson Chapel) Cemetery would have been a likely location. If they have a tombstone, it has not yet been found. In his obituary, it also states that his grandmother (Mary Polly Couch) was the sister of the celebrated Daniel Boone, but no other documentation has been found.
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